Staples to Acquire Vancouver’s PNI Digital Media for $74 Million
Staples is about to acquire Vancouver’s PNI Digital Media for $74 million, at a value of CDN$1.70 per share. Large companies like Costco, Walmart, Sam’s…
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Intel Officially Completes Deal to Acquire BASIS Science
Although we published based on rumour earlier this month that BASIS Science had been acquired by Intel, the deal is now officially done. Intel…
Rosetta Stone Language Learning Platform Acquires Vancouver Creator of Fit Brains
Rosetta Stone Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire Vivity Labs Inc., creator of the successful Fit Brains product portfolio, for $12 million…
Most of HomeSav’s Staff Lose Their Jobs Amid “Restructuring” by Parent Company Rebellion Media
In late July we reported that Toronto-based private shopping “club” for home decor and lifestyle products HomeSav had been acquired by Waterloo’s Rebellion Media. Rebellion…
Vancouver’s LX Ventures To Acquire Strutta Media
Vancouver’s seed-stage venture capital investment firm, LX Ventures, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Vancouver-based Strutta Media Inc, a social media platform that…
Calgary’s Slyce Acquires Former INcubes Startup Hovr.It
Toronto-based startup Slyce, the advanced visual search platform which enables smartphone users to discover and buy any product in the real world simply by taking…
PasswordBox CEO on Acquisition: “To Get Our Footprint in San Francisco”
PasswordBox CEO Dan Robichaud told me over the phone that this morning’s acquisition news involving San Francisco-based Legacy Locker was a cash and stocks…
An Ad-Buying Marriage: Toronto’s SiteScout Acquired by Centro for $40 Million
Centro, a Chicago-based provider of digital media software and services, today announced the acquisition of Toronto startup SiteScout, a self-serve, real-time bidding (RTB) platform for…
Who is John Chen, BlackBerry’s New Man in Charge?
News struck quickly this morning that BlackBerry, the embattled Canadian smartphone maker that had apparently found a buyer for its assets in FairFax Financial…
Multinational Company Accenture to Acquire Montreal’s PCO Innovation
Accenture plc, the multinational management consulting and technology company based in Dublin today announced plans to acquire PCO Innovation – a leading international consulting and…
Waterloo’s TribeHR to be Acquired by NetSuite
It’s not the sexiest acquisition news you’ve ever heard, but another Canadian startup has hit paydirt. Waterloo-based startup TribeHR, led by CEO Joseph Fung,…
WhatRunsWhere Buys Mobile Ad Spy to Provide Mobile Ad Intelligence
WhatRunsWhere, a startup providing ad performance comparison tools for online campaigns, today announced its acquisition of Mobile Ad Spy, which will help it monitor…
Rackspace Acquires Mailgun to Help Add Email Services to Web Apps
Rackspace, the web hosting solution provider, today announced that it has acquired developer-focused email services startup Mailgun in a deal the terms of which…